labhairt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish labairt, verbal noun of labraithir. By surface analysis, labhair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

labhairt f (genitive singular labhartha)

  1. verbal noun of labhair
  2. speaking
  3. speech
  4. call

Declension

Declension of labhairt (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative labhairt
vocative a labhairt
genitive labhartha
dative labhairt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an labhairt
genitive na labhartha
dative leis an labhairt
don labhairt

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 42
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish labairt, verbal noun of labraithir. By surface analysis, labhair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈl̪ˠɑu.əʂtʲ][1]

Noun

labhairt f (genitive singular labhairte, plural labhairtean)

  1. verbal noun of labhair
  2. speaking, speech, oration
  3. utterance
  4. conversation, discourse
  5. expression

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “labhairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “labhair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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